Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-04-09
LEONE LOCAL CHAT.

Is going to prove an epicene one a:
well, you may imagine for your
selves, ladies and gentlemen, what
disastrous consequences are fair tt
follow in its wake. There are always
perceptions on the alert to follow the
cry of Lo here or Lo there, from the
purely material point of detective
work, up thro' all the grades of ethics
possibilities of science, subtleties OF
mind and matter, and mysteries OF
soul. The spirit of investigation is 8
very strong point in the makeup Of
the human family; sometimes it has
not goI ballast enough to steady it,
and it flies off on a tangent; some.
times it's abnornally developed, and
becomes offensive, and we call it i'm.
| pertinent aud obtrusive curiosity, blu,
in the main it's very good and wise
thing. But about this thing of mind
reading becoming fashionable, there
are possible reasons why it may not
always give general satisfaction and
may necessitate some further i'm.
provements in metaphysics, such as
several changes of mentality, frames
/ of mind, ETC., to be put on or off to
suit the occasion; then this would
necessarily lead on to a loss of that
individuality of character toward
which we all gravitate somewhat, and
which is the greatest charm and at
traction of mind, and without which
our lives would be about as distin-
guishable one from the other, as are
the grains of corn on an ear, and more
such disastrous results that | havn't
time to trace. Somebody said that
the most deplorable thing about the
uncomfortable business is in the fact
that owing to the peculiar perceptive-
ness, finesse, tendresse, whatever, of
Woman's mind, they catch on to ii
like lightning in a thunder shower,
and very likely their aptitude in that
line for striking light and terror into
the recesses of the masculine brain,
will prove the simile not altogether a
figure of speech. Mind is still hui
manity's dark continent UNEMPLOYED,
rich, unmeasured, and as a matter
of fact very few people care to have
it over run with a penetration built
upon other than the two-and-two-
make-four process of solution. 1t
would fall hardest on the "boys -
the petitmaitres next to them the
man who has to go down street of an
evening on important business and
wanders back home at twenty-four
O'Clock. If the accomplishment
should extend all around, wouldn't
there be disastrous results among
the victimized. Don't be too eager
to take lessons; "where ignorance is
bliss - ::
What has become of THE HERALD's
early Spring Poets? Nipped by the
frost perhaps; come out too soon.
The old Matthews property is drift
ing to oblivion, l don't know what
we would do for old land marks and
antiquities if nobody took any inter-
est in preserving them. You can get
a corner" in factories, "steam-
boats" agricultural implements, ETC.,
and be left in the shade every tune,
but you can't get similar angle in
antiquities in this town, and it's per-
fectly right too. Other nations cast
up to us our newness and lack of
ruins. They are not SO easily import
ed as emigrants and titles; don't let
US run altogether out of ruins.
There will be especially interesting
Easter Services held tomorrow. Sun
day morning at the German Reform
ed, Trinity Episcopal, st. Joseph's
Catholic Church and the Lutheran
Church. Rev. Mr.. Blackwelder, an
eminent minister from abroad who
has been assisting Rev. r. G. Holland
h nIi d. bf,
past week, will remain over tomor-
row. The usual services in all the
other congregations so far as we have
been advised.
A great big Goose egg has been re-
ceived at this office; and now we'd
like to know if there is anything sug-
gestion appended to its presentation
n. B. It's no chestnut.
You are all in love with that old
sweet song, the Suwanee River. So
seldom is a history given of its origin,
that clip the following from an ex-
change.
ORIGIN OF A FAMOUS SONG.
Once over the bar at its entrance
from the Gulf the Suwanee river holds
lto way Will a al
of 40 feet, far up through the forests
of the best hard pine in the state. 1t
is the PenobscOt of Florida. 1t has
some good land upon it where planta-
tions have heretofore been made, but
afterawhile generally abandoned. The
mosquitoes and malaria guard in the
main entrance against other than
lumbermen, anglers and intrusive
tourists. This dark river, too, has
its romance, as being the place which
gave rise to a melody which, like
I" Home, Sweet Home" the affection
of the heart will never let go. For it
was here that a French family in the
time of Louis XIV, came over and
settled upon the Suwanee and made a
plantation. After while the father
and mother and all died save one
daughter, who, disheartened and des-
olate, returned to France, and there
wrote, adopting in part that negro
dialect which she had been familiar
with on the plantation in her girl
hood, feeling tribute to "the old
folks at home" in their graves in the
fa--off country.
Respectfully referred to the consid-
Grafton of our Clothing Merchants :
"The Bazaar" says that dress shirts
are to be Of ribbed goods. We don't
know about the ribs, but what the
average dress shirt seems to need is a
little more backbone down the front.
What shall it profit man if he have
an eclat hammer coat and a shirt that
bulges like paper bag? LEONE.
HEDGESVILLE.